Rod James
Rod James is a reporter with Secondaries Investor and also contributes to sister title PrivateEquityInternational.com. He is based in the London office. Prior to PEI, his roles included a stint as a freelancer covering fintech and transaction banking, CEEMEA capital markets reporter with EMEA Finance magazine, and editor of the Latin American political and economic risk team at IHS Global Insight.
The Canadian pension giant has spent two years rebuilding its senior secondaries team with internal promotions and hires from GIC and Partners Group.
The asset management arm of the Dutch energy company overcame market volatility to sell a €700m private equity portfolio, though planned to sell more.
Secondaries Investor Law Firm Survey 2022: Lawyers advise on a half-trillion in collective volume...
Law firms saw a huge increase in secondaries work during the period under review, with GP-led deals cementing their place as the most popular transaction.
With the halfway point of the year upon us, we look at the events that have defined secondaries in 2022 so far.
Guggenheim has made four hires, including two managing directors, in its rebooted secondary advisory team, Secondaries Investor has learned.
The booming secondaries market for growth assets is on pause, although deals can still happen if sponsors offer a discount.
As the economy turns downward and the rationale behind GP-led deals changes, the SEC’s fairness opinion mandate could be a good thing for the secondaries market.
Pantheon estimated that global private credit secondaries dealflow reached $18.4bn in 2021, having barely registered only a few years ago.
Jed Johnson, head of ORIX USA's GP-led investment team, tells Secondaries Investor about the $85bn asset manager's plans.
The move from the Paris-headquartered buyout shop comes as GP-led processes eat more and more into the secondary buyout market.